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Issue Details: First known date: 1961... 1961 Don't Frighten the Horses
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Notes

  • Epigraph: I don't care what people do, as long as they don't do it in the streets and frighten the horses. - King Edward VII

Contents

* Contents derived from the Melbourne, Victoria,:Lansdowne , 1961 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Don't Frighten the Horses : Introduction, John O'Grady , single work prose humour (p. 7-12)
On Making Friends: How to Lose Friends and Nauseate People, Alexander Macdonald , single work prose humour (p. 15-17)
On Making Friends : After I've Called You Fizzgig, How Can I Call You Friend?, Alexander Macdonald , single work prose humour (p. 17-20)
On Making Friends: Santas of the World Unite- You Have Nothing to Lose but Your Ziffs!, Alexander Macdonald , single work prose humour (p. 20-22)
On Form: The Bosomy Belles of Bayswater Road, Alexander Macdonald , single work prose humour (p. 25-27)
On Form : Form Guide for a Form-Filler-Inner, Alexander Macdonald , single work prose humour (p. 27-30)
On Form: Woof!, Alexander Macdonald , single work prose humour (p. 30-33)
On Form: Portrait of the Artist as a Young Grafter, Alexander Macdonald , single work prose humour (p. 33-35)
On Literature: The Beastly Booksellers of Bourke Street, Alexander Macdonald , single work prose humour (p. 39-41)
On Literature: O Great Silent One- Get Off My Back!, Alexander Macdonald , single work prose humour (p. 42-44)
On Literature : Knees Up Mother Chatterley, Alexander Macdonald , single work prose humour (p. 44-47)
On Literature: Is There a Stranger Within the Gates? (If So- Scat!), Alexander Macdonald , single work prose humour (p. 47-49)
On Banking: Further Memoirs of a Financial Wizard, Alexander Macdonald , single work prose humour (p. 53-55)
On Banking: The Great Bank Robbery:, Alexander Macdonald , single work prose humour (p. 55-57)
On Banking: Strange Encounter (Where Mastermind Meets Mastermind), Alexander Macdonald , single work prose humour (p. 58-60)
On Banking: Portrait of the Artist as a Young Scrooge, Alexander Macdonald , single work prose humour (p. 61-63)
On People : Put Down Thy Glasses- Londinium to a Brick, Ben-Hur Winneth, Alexander Macdonald , single work prose humour (p. 67-69)
On People: The Butler Done It!, Alexander Macdonald , single work prose humour (p. 69-72)
On People : Hands Across the Yarra, Alexander Macdonald , single work prose humour (p. 72-74)
On People: Be Prepared (For Anything, Including Death Adders), Alexander Macdonald , single work prose humour (p. 75-77)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Works about this Work

The Lower Life Keith Thomas , 1961 single work review
— Appears in: Nation , 2 December 1961; (p. 22-23)

— Review of Don't Frighten the Horses Alexander Macdonald , 1961 selected work prose
The Lower Life Keith Thomas , 1961 single work review
— Appears in: Nation , 2 December 1961; (p. 22-23)

— Review of Don't Frighten the Horses Alexander Macdonald , 1961 selected work prose
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